UNREGISTERED SIMS TO BE BLOCKED THIS MONTH?
The planned operation to disable all unregistered SIM cards starting on Saturday, October 1, 2022, has been postponed. This will give the Ministry of Communication and Digitalization time to review…
SEASONED ACTOR, EKOW BLANKSON PASSES ON
Ekow Blankson, a seasoned actor, has passed away. The 50-year-old passed away on Monday morning in a hospital in Tema, flanked by his wife and kids, according to sources. The…
GHANAIAN FOOTBALLER IN THE US KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER
Eugene Quaynor, a Ghanaian football player stationed in the US, has passed away. On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the 23-year-old was engaged in a car accident in South Tulsa, United States.…
FORESTRY COMMISSION DIRECTED TO HALT OPERATIONS OF CHAIRMAN WONTUMI’S MINING COMPANY
The Amenfi West Municipality in the Western Region’s Nimri Tano Forest Reserve is home to Akonta Mining Limited, and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has ordered the Forestry…
ADOPT MORE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO REGISTER SIM CARDS – SELORM BRANTTIE
Selorm Branttie, vice president of Imani Africa, has urged the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization to forgo the laborious SIM card re-registration process in favour of a more creative strategy.…
MANKESSIM MURDER CASE: POLICE ALLEGE THAT SUSPECTS MURDERED A TRADER TOO
Police have reported that ongoing investigations into the Mankessim murder case have established that the two suspects, Michael Darko and Christopher Ekow Clarke, had already murdered one other person, bringing…
ARE POLITICIANS BEDEVILING GHANAIANS?
Ghost names have always been a part of the working space, particularly in the civil service in Ghana. This phenomenon has rather been on the rise in recent times and…
SIM RE-REGISTRATION: WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WITHOUT GHANA CARDS?
The Sim Card Registration Exercise ends today, Friday, September 30, 2022, after another extension was given from the initial deadline of July 31st, 2022. For defaulters, several sanctions have already…
REPAYING MATURE T-BILLS A HEADACHE FOR THE GOVERNMENT
The government may have to choose from some challenging refinancing options to pay for Treasury debt that will grow in October 2022. Per Databank Research’s Weekly Fixed Income Update, the…
SECOND PHASE OF TAMALE AIRPORT TO BE COMMISSIONED BY END OF YEAR – MINISTER
The construction of the Tamale Airport was started during the time of Ghana’s first government – the Dr. Kwame Nkrumah-led administration, the project was however abandoned in 1966. The first…
POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE PROTESTING UEW STUDENTS
Some level 400 students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) who were protesting inconsistencies in their results were dispersed by police using tear gas. The students claim that the…
PLAYER RATINGS IN GHANA’S MATCH AGAINST BRAZIL
The Black Stars of Ghana lost 3-0 to Brazil on Friday night at the Stade Oceane in Le Havre, France, marking their fifth loss of the season. For Tite’s team…
GHANA NOW IN FURTHER ‘JUNK’ STATUS – FITCH RATINGS
Ghana’s Long-Term Local and Foreign Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) have been lowered by rating agency Fitch from “CCC” to “CC” or further junk status. Ghana’s credit quality has reduced…
POLITICIANS WILL BE ARRESTED INSTEAD OF ARMED ROBBERS – DR. AYARIGA
Dr. Hassan Ayariga, the founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), has promised to fire incompetent government workers and meter out the appropriate penalties if he is voted…
WHERE ARE THE POLICE?
National security is an aspect of the government that cannot be undermined. It is the duty of the government through the security services to ensure the safety of all citizens…
SHOCK: PASTOR AND CHIEF KILL AND BURY TRAINEE NURSE AT MANKESSIM
Police in Mankessim, in the Central Region, have detained a pastor after he admitted to aiding a local chief in the kidnapping, murder, and covert burial of a 25-year-old nurse…
GALAMSEY: IS GOV’T STILL IN THE FIGHT?
The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong says despite the numerous setbacks recorded in the war against illegal mining in the country, the government has not lost sight of the fight.…
BLOCKING SIM CARDS WILL RAIN DIRE CONSEQUENCES ON US – SAM GEORGE
The Deputy Ranking Member of the Communication Committee of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, has pointed to the dire consequences of blocking SIM cards after the September 30 deadline announced by…
DEADLINE FOR SIM RE-REGISTRATION NOT PLAUSIBLE – NIA
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has indicated that it will not be able to provide Ghana Cards to all eligible Ghanaians with less than two weeks till the deadline for…
THERE WILL BE NO TRANSPORT FARE INCREMENTS – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) refuted claims that it would raise transportation costs in the near future. This follows media reports that stated that beginning on September 30,…